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Bulstrode River
The Bulstrode River (french: rivière Bulstrode) is a tributary of Nicolet River, in Quebec, in Canada. From its source, this river flows north, north-west, then south-west, crossing ten municipalities: * Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), administrative region Chaudière-Appalaches: municipality of Saint-Fortunat; * Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), administrative region Centre-du-Québec: municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester, Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Victoriaville, Saint-Valère, Saint-Samuel; and * L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), administrative region Centre-du-Québec: municipality of Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax, Princeville. The Bulstrode River sometimes flows in agricultural areas, sometimes in forest areas. Geography The neighboring geographic slopes of the Bulstrode River are: * north side: Bécancour River, Bourbon River, Noire River; * south side: Nicolet River, Lachance River, Gosselin River; * east side: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Valère, Quebec
Saint-Valère is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... it's population is 1,118 as of the 2021 census. References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875
Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. * January 12 – Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing Dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3, in succession to his cousin. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * February 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Lácar: Carlist commander Torcuato Mendíri secures a brilliant victory, when he surprises and routs a Government force under General Enrique Bargés at Lácar, east of Estella, nearly capturing newly crowned King Alfonso XII. The Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Office québécois de la lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaudet Reservoir
Gaudet or Guadet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christopher Gaudet, Canadian actor * Daniel Gaudet (born 1959), Canadian gymnast * Elisa Gaudet, American writer oin the golf industry * Francine Gaudet (born 1948), Canadian politician * Joseph Gaudet (1818–1882), Canadian politician * Julien Guadet (1834–1908), French architect and professor * Kevin Gaudet (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey coach * Marguerite-Élie Guadet (1758–1794), French politician * Mia M. Gaudet, American cancer epidemiologist * Pete Gaudet (born 1942), American basketball coach * Roger Gaudet (born 1945), Canadian politician * Suzanne Gaudet (born 1981), Canadian curler * Wayne Gaudet (born 1955), Canadian politician See also * Château Guadet, a winery in Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, France * Gaudet Mater Ecclesia ''Gaudet Mater Ecclesia'' (Latin for "Mother Church Rejoices") is John XXIII's opening speech of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John opened the counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References External links * {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Au Pin (Bécancour River Tributary)
The rivière au Pin (''in English: Pine River'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, in Canada. The Pin River flows successively, in the MRC of: *Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec: in the municipalities of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens; *Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches: municipalities of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec, Saint-Jacques-le- Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Disraeli (parish), Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Saint-Julien, Quebec, Saint-Julien and Irlande. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the rivière au Pin are: * north side: Bécancour River, William Lake (Québec), William Lake; * east side: Bécancour River, Lac à la Truite, Coleraine River; * south side: Coulombe North River; * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larochelle River
The Larochelle River (''in French: rivière Larochelle'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Julien and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Larochelle river are: * north side: Bécancour River, William Lake; * east side: Bécancour River, Lac à la Truite; * south side: Blanche River; * west side: Côté brook, Bulstrode River. The Larochelle River has its source in the mountains, west at the village of Saint-Julien, northeast of the village of Saint-Fortunat and northwest of the village of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. From its head, the Larochelle river flows over divided into the following segments: * towards the south-east, in the municipality of Saint-Julien, to a forest road; * north-east, up to the road; * north, to the west 2e rang road; * nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosselin River (Nicolet River Tributary)
The Gosselin River (''in French: rivière Gosselin'') is a tributary of Nicolet River passing through Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska and Victoriaville, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. The Gosselin River sometimes flows in agricultural, forest and urban areas. Geography The neighboring watersheds of the Gosselin River are: * north side: Bulstrode River, l'Abbé River, Lachance River; * east side: Gobeil stream; * south side: Nicolet River, Roux stream, Brooks River; * west side: Nicolet River. The Gosselin River takes its source from a small lake located to the east of the Arthabaska sector of the city of Victoriaville and to the east of Mont Saint-Michel. From its head, the Gosselin river flows on in the following segments: * northward, to the confluence of Houle brook; * southwesterly, to the confluence of the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachance River
The Lachance river (''in French: rivière Lachance'') is a watercourse whose mouth flows into the Gosselin River, a tributary of the Nicolet River in the city of Victoriaville, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. The Lachance River sometimes flows in agricultural and urban areas. Geography The neighboring watersheds of the Lachance River are: * north side: Bulstrode River, L'Abbé River; * east side: Gosselin River; * south side: Nicolet River; * west side: Nicolet River. The Lachance river has its source west of the Demers road, north of the hamlet of Saint-Norbert. The river flows more or less parallel (on the west side) to the Gosselin river. The Lachance River flows on the east bank of the Gosselin River, in an area northeast of the city of Victoriaville, in the small valley dominated by Mont Saint-Michel. Its confluence is located upstream from the confluence of the Gosselin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noire River (Bécancour River Tributary)
The Noire River (''in English: Black River'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Noire River flows through the municipalities of Inverness, Laurierville, Plessisville (parish) and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Black River are: * north side: Bécancour River; * east side: Bécancour River; * south side: McKenzie River, Bécancour River, Gingras waterway; * west side: Bourbon River, Bécancour River. The Black River has its source in the municipality of Inverness, at southwest of the Bécancour River, at north of the village center of Inverness and east of the village center of Laurierville. From its source, the Black River flows on in the following segments: Upper course of the river * north-west, then turn west, up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche River (Bourbon River Tributary)
The Blanche river is a tributary of the Bourbon River which flows into the Bécancour River. The Blanche river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-Baptiste, Laurierville (Sainte-Julie sector) and Plessisville (parish), in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in province of Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Blanche River are: * north side: Bécancour River, Bourbon River, Manningham stream, Noire River; * east side: Bécancour River, Noire River, McKenzie River; * south side: Moulin brook, Charles brook, Bulstrode River; * west side: Savane stream, Bourbon River, Bulstrode River, Bécancour River. The Blanche River has its source at Lac Camille (length: ; altitude: ), located in Saint-Pierre-Baptiste. This lake is located south of the village of Laurierville and east of downtown Plessisville. From its source, the Blanche River flows on in the following segm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
